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OneStarfieldfan with an apparent engineering disposition built an incredible in-game ship that looks like a scorpion. Their vessel is just one of manyimpressiveStarfieldcommunity creationsthat have been pouring online since Bethesda’s latest RPG hit the market.
AlthoughStarfield’sship builder is an entirely optional part of the game, the level of complexity that Bethesda delivered with its implementation of this mechanic has been preoccupying countless players for the better part of September. And while some of those fans have so far been focused onrecreating famous vessels inStarfield, others turned their attention toward entirely original designs.
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One particularly impressive example of the latter approach comes from Reddit user CostKey9800, who recently went through the effort of making theirStarfieldship look like a giant scorpion. With two claws, several pairs of legs made of landing gears, and a giant stinger, their spacecraft falls somewhere between a sight to behold and a ghastly abomination to flee from, depending on one’s tolerance for the predatory arachnids that inspired this intricate feat of engineering.
Though large parts of the vessel are composed of Structural modules—Starfield’sjargon for purely cosmetic parts—that’s not to say that this imposing spacecraft sacrifices function for form. On the contrary, the scorpion-shaped ship packs a lot of firepower, with its creator confirming that the mechanical stinger alone features three pieces of some of the deadliest lasers in the game. The spacecraft itself spans nine floors, three of which appear to have traversable interiors, while the rest exist to accommodate its massive claws, tail, and stinger.
While the author of this stunning vessel did not share a detailed parts list and component placement breakdown used for constructing the ship, they did confirm that the spacecraft was designed on a vanilla version of the game, without relying on glitches or third-party software. Elaborating on that point, the fan revealed that they are playing Bethesda’s latest title on an Xbox console, so streamlining the shipbuilding processby moddingStarfieldsimply wasn’t an option for them. Even if that wasn’t the case, the current selection of PC mods doesn’t do much to facilitate complex designs beyond making the ship builder controls a bit more responsive.
This striking flying scorpion is yet another excellent illustration of the sort of creativity that the game’s shipbuilding mechanics allow. Another such example surfaced online just last week in the form of aremarkableStarfieldreplica of the Titanic.
Starfieldis available now on PC and Xbox Series X/S.
